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Mountain Mother

Artist William Herbert Dunton (American, 1878 - 1936)

Datec. 1932

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions60 × 50 inches (152.4 × 127 cm)
Frame: 69 1/8 × 59 1/8 × 3 1/4 inches (175.6 × 150.2 × 8.3 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Nelda C. Stark, 1999

Object number31.21.410

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionVertical oil painting depicting a mother bear and two cubs in the foreground of a rocky landscape with low scrubby bushes and patches of snow. Bushy pine trees grow in the rocks in the background.

Label TextOn loan to "William Herbert 'Buck' Dunton (1878-1936): A Mainer Goes West" at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (June 17, 2023 - June 30, 2024)

ProvenancePurchased February 21, 1940 through (Joseph Sartor, Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; bequeathed December 13, 1999 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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